Hoarding is done with all types of animal species, including cats (most common), dogs, birds, horses, farm animals such as goats and pigs, small mammals such as rats, reptiles, and small and large exotic animals. It has been estimated that as many as 5,000 new cases of hoarding are reported each year in the U.S., which would mean that as many as 250,000 animals are in a hoarding situation each year. Other animals in hoarding environments were formerly someone’s pet, ending up in the hoarding situation in a variety of ways. Many of the animals are born into the hoarding environment, which often means they are not adequately socialized to humans during their critical youth stages. When police enter hoarding situations, there are deceased animals present in a majority of cases. Conditions in many hoarding environments are so bad that many of the animals don’t survive.
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The duration of the time the animal lives in the hoarding situation ranges from months to the animal’s full life span. The animals may be forced to compete for food, which may be insufficient in quantity, of poor quality, contaminated or spoiled. A large amount of feces and urine is usually present on the floors and the odor emanating from the waste material - predominantly ammonia - may be powerful enough to cause injury to the animals’ eyes, nasal passages and lungs. Most typically, however, the conditions are extremely unsanitary. The quality of the environment in cases of animal hoarding exists on a spectrum.
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In some hoarding cases the animals are kept outside, but the most common environment is a house or other structure (e.g., barn, mobile home, old buses, cars) containing dozens to hundreds of animals running free and/or confined to cages or other enclosures. Part 3: Outlook for recovery and long-term well-beingĪnimal hoarding occurs when individuals accumulate animals in numbers that exceed their ability to provide for the animals’ basic needs, resulting in a situation that causes harm to the animals. Least effective methods of rehabilitation Part 2: Rehabilitation and treatment methods for rescued hoarded dogs Increase in compulsive and repetitive behaviors
Increase in undesired behaviors when left alone at home, such as house-soiling Increased attachment and attention-seeking behavior Part 1: Psychological and behavioral characteristics of rescued hoarded dogs Download the printer-friendly document (1.11 MB PDF)
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